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Happy Valley · 2023-07-12 · 22:58

Race 9

Class 2 GOOD TO FIRM 1650m Course B 12 runners

Race 9 at Happy Valley on 2023-07-12 was Class 2 over 1650m, run on GOOD TO FIRM going. TELECOM FIGHTERS, ridden by L Hewitson and trained by Y S Tsui, won by 1/2, with GALAXY WITNESS second and WINNING DRAGON third. The winner led throughout. The 4.5 favourite GALAXY WITNESS finished 2nd.

Result

Official · 1.39.70
Pos No. Horse Draw Odds Margin
1 3 TELECOM FIGHTERS Wire to wire 1.39.70 ▶ Replay (opens in new tab) L Hewitson · Y S Tsui 1 15.0 1/2
2 8 GALAXY WITNESS Closed strongly C Y Ho · C Fownes 10 4.5 1/2
3 11 WINNING DRAGON H/TT Y L Chung · A S Cruz 4 9.0 1
4 6 NIMBLE NIMBUS V/TT B Avdulla · P F Yiu 3 6.3 1-1/4
5 1 BUTTERFIELD Closed strongly CP/TT L Ferraris · C S Shum 7 13.0 2-1/4
6 7 SON PAK FU BO C L Chau · T P Yung 9 19.0 2-1/4
7 9 ATULLIBIGEAL Closed strongly B/H/XB H Bowman · D J Hall 11 7.6 4
8 2 SAVAQUIN Z Purton · J Size 2 7.2 4-1/4
9 12 GRATEFUL HEART CP/TT M L Yeung · W Y So 6 98.0 5-1/4
10 4 HANDSOME TWELVE H Bentley · T P Yung 8 61.0 6-1/4
11 5 PACKING AWARD K Teetan · L Ho 5 5.3 11
12 10 PRIME MINISTER K C Leung · P F Yiu 12 22.0 12-1/4
0 A PAL M Chadwick · F C Lor
0 CHEERFUL DAYS M F Poon · K W Lui

Race shape

Beaten lengths
1. TELECOM FIGHTERS2. GALAXY WITNESS+0.5L3. WINNING DRAGON+1L4. NIMBLE NIMBUS+1.25L5. BUTTERFIELD+2.25L6. SON PAK FU+2.25L7. ATULLIBIGEAL+4L8. SAVAQUIN+4.25L9. GRATEFUL HEART+5.25L10. HANDSOME TWELVE+6.25L

Model ratings

Backtest · wf-2022-23
The model's top pick SAVAQUIN (14.2%) finished 8th — the winner TELECOM FIGHTERS was rated #11. Out-of-sample backtest: this board was produced by a model trained only on seasons before this race — it never saw this result.
Rank No. Horse Win % Rated price Pos
1 2 SAVAQUIN 14.2% 7.05 8
2 7 SON PAK FU 12.6% 7.93 6
3 8 GALAXY WITNESS 11.0% 9.06 2
4 1 BUTTERFIELD 10.6% 9.46 5
5 11 WINNING DRAGON 10.4% 9.61 3
6 10 PRIME MINISTER 9.9% 10.10 12
7 6 NIMBLE NIMBUS 9.4% 10.68 4
8 5 PACKING AWARD 6.4% 15.70 11
9 9 ATULLIBIGEAL 6.3% 15.93 7
10 4 HANDSOME TWELVE 4.7% 21.10 10
11 3 TELECOM FIGHTERS 2.6% 37.75 1
12 12 GRATEFUL HEART 1.9% 52.85 9
SAVAQUINSON PAK FUGALAXY WITNESSBUTTERFIELDWINNING DRAGONPRIME MINISTERNIMBLE NIMBUSPACKING AWARDATULLIBIGEALHANDSOME TWELVETELECOM FIGHTERS — wonGRATEFUL HEART

Model vs market

Each dot is a runner: model probability across, market-implied probability up. Dots on the dashed line mean the two agreed; the gold ring is the actual winner.

Ratings are statistical estimates for analysis, not betting advice — the backtest shows no profitable edge against the Hong Kong win market. How the model works →

Dividends

Per $10 unit

WIN

3 152.5

PLACE

3 44

8 17.5

11 27.5

QUINELLA

3,8 525.5

QUINELLA PLACE

3,8 168

3,11 211.5

8,11 74.5

FORECAST

3,8 1,222

TIERCE

3,8,11 11,561

TRIO

3,8,11 1,277

FIRST 4

3,6,8,11 1,495

QUARTET

3,8,11,6 52,838

All pools (5 more)

2ND TREBLE

5/2/3 804

5/2/8 49

3 PICK 1

A1

A2

A3 25.5

4TH DOUBLE TRIO

1,2,3/3,8,11 33,559

8TH DOUBLE

2/3 332.5

2/8 21.5

SIX UP

2,3,5,7/4,9/2,8/2,5/1,2/3,8 1,612

3,5,7/9/8/5/2/3 46,645

1 [Z Purton]

3 [C Fownes]